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// Henry to the Rescue 
// Story: Equestria Girls: The Railway Stories 
// by friggin normie 
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Everyday, Gordon the Big Engine pulls the big express. He takes great pride in being the only engine strong enough to do so. The coaches are always packed with important people, like Celestia Hatt. And today, Gordon, Rainbow Dash, and Scootaloo were trying to see just how fast they could go.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry!" The big engine puffed as he raced down the line.

"We're hurrying, we're hurrying!" The coaches replied.

Scootaloo shuddered. She never liked how the coaches were capable of speech without mouths.

In a minute, Gordon would see the tunnel where Henry stood bricked up and lonely.

"Oh dear," the green engine sighed. "Why did I worry about the rain spoiling my lovely green paint?"

As the tunnel came closer, Gordon chuckled to himself. 

"I'll blow my whistle as loud as I can at Henry."

But just before he could blow his whistle, there as a loud crack followed by his cab flooding with steam.

"What on Earth?!" The big engine cried. "I feel so weak! Whatever is happening?!"

The train grew slower and slower until it stopped at the mouth of the tunnel.

"Looks like you've burst your safety valve," Scootaloo sighed. "You won't be going anywhere else today."

"Must've been from all that hot air in your smokebox!" Giggled Henry.

Gordon said nothing. He had just enough steam to slink onto the track where Henry was bricked up.

Celestia exited the train and groaned. "These big engines are always causing me trouble. Send for another engine at once!"

Edward was the only engine available.

"I'll try my best!" The blue engine puffed.

"An' we'll show that Rainbow Dash what for!" Applejack replied.

And with a strong sense of determination, Edward clanked away to collect the train.

"That's no use," Gordon puffed despondently. "Edward can't push the train."

"That's what you think!" Apple Bloom cried. "We'll get this train movin' faster than you can say 'express comin' through!'"

Edward buffered up and pushed and puffed with all his might, but he couldn't get the heavy coaches moving.

"Express coming through," Rainbow muttered.

"See? I told you. The only other engine who'd have a chance at hauling that train is Henry."

Celestia thought for a moment and approached the tunnel. "Henry? I feel like you've learned your lesson. Would you please pull the train?"

"Yes please, ma'am! But what about my crew?"

"We're right here!" Henry looked over to see Fluttershy and Treehugger exiting one of the coaches.

"It's a good thing we were on our way to meet a friend," Flutterhsy giggled quietly.

The pair boarded Henry and started up his fire. The green engine hummed as he felt the warmth spread through his boiler.

"Oh, I'm stiff!" He cried as he finally got moving. He was dirty and covered in cobwebs.

"That's indecent!" Rainbow Dash joked.

Celestia chose to ignore that comment. "Have a run to ease your joints and find a turntable!"

"I'm sorry for the way I acted," he told his crew as they trundled down the line.

"It's water under the bridge," Fluttershy replied cheerfully. "I'm just glad we're working together again!"

"Same here, man," Treehugger replied. "We can work together without any bad vibes harshing our mellow."

Henry pretended he understood what that meant.





Soon, Henry backed down to the front of the train.

"Peep, peep!" He whistled. "I'm ready! How about you?"

"Peep, peep, peep!" So am I!"

"Pull hard, we'll do it! Pull hard, we'll do it!" They puffed together

And working together, the two engines got the train moving.

"We've done it together, we've done it together!"

Everybody was excited. The stout gentleman leaned his head out the window to cheer for the two engines, but they going so fast, his hat blew off into a field, where a goat ate it for tea!

The engines didn't stop until they reached the station at the end of the line.

"We did it, we did it!" Their crews cheered.

The passengers scrambled out of the carriages to congratulate the two.

"You'll both be getting a new coat of paint for this," Celestia told them.

The two friends whistled with glee.





That evening, Edward and Henry arrived to take Gordon home. The blue engine was silent for most of the journey.

"I'm sorry," he finally said. "I shouldn't have teased Edward for being old or for you getting shut up in the tunnel."

"I'm sorry, too," Rainbow Dash sighed. "I've kinda been acting like a prick for the last couple weeks, haven't I?"

"You and me both."

"No worries," replied Edward. "You learned your lesson in the end, and that's all that matters."

Applejack nodded her head in agreement. "Ah know y'all are always focusin' on being the fastest and the best, but can ya at least tone it don enough to be civil with the others?"

The two blushed sheepishly.

Apple Bloom chuckled. "Why don't we all start over? Let's just bury the hatchet and try ta be friends."

The others all agreed.

Gordon and Rainbow Dash are still boastful, since they're those kinds of people, but whenever their egos get too big for them to handle, Edward, Henry, their crews, and Scootaloo are quick to set them straight.